Mary Anning

I have been a good girl, I have been a good girl, I have been a good girl.

The world has used me ill, and I am quite a poor woman.

It is a very great pity that I am not a gentleman, for I should have been a great man.

I am not afraid of the sea, for I was born on its shore.

These are the things that make a body think.

The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know.

I have worked hard and long to bring these creatures to light.

My education was in the rocks, not in the schools.

Every stone tells a story, if you know how to read it.

I find more wonders in the cliffs than in any book.

The sea gives and the sea takes away.

It's a hard life, but someone has to do it.

I am but a poor woman, but I have a good eye.

The earth holds many secrets, and I mean to find them.

One must be patient when dealing with the past.

The cliffs are my classroom, and the fossils are my teachers.

I have seen things that would make a man question everything he knows.

There is no greater joy than unearthing a forgotten creature.

My hands are often dirty, but my mind is always clean.

The world is full of wonders, if you only look close enough.